Shane Bond wants batsmen to perform by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	SE Bond
Event:	Pakistan in New Zealand 2009/10

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DateLine: 23rd November 2009

 

Shane Bond believes the experienced New Zealand bowling line-up has the goods to cause Pakistan problems.

 

Openers Martin Guptill and Tim McIntosh, as well as Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor and Peter Fulton will have to set a platform that will allow Bond, Chris Martin, Iain O'Brien, Daniel Vettori and possibly Daryl Tuffey and Jeetan Patel to weave their magic with ball in hand.

 

"We need runs really. I think if you're going to win Test matches you need big runs," said Bond, who is set to end his two-year exile from Test cricket when the first Test in Dunedin gets under way on Tuesday.

 

"I suppose that's been the one area that we've lacked a little bit is scoring those consistent big runs from the top of the order.

 

"I think if we can get runs on the board then we definitely have the bowling attack to take wickets."

 

"(Aamer's) been a bit of a find for them. We probably haven't played him as well as we would have liked," admitted the New Zealander.

 

"We've had some troubles with left-armers in the past so we need to nullify someone young and enthusiastic like him."

 

The Test series, which includes matches in Wellington and Napier, will also see the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in use.